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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Almost everything came down a little more on the third Monday of the broadcast season. It got particularly ugly for CBS' 10/9c occupant Hostages, down three more tenths, and it's now very tough to see the entire 15-episode string getting played out in this timeslot. While week two of We Are Men remained a clear CBS comedy weak link, it was only down 10% from the premiere. We'll see if CBS allows it to drag things down for a bit longer.

Promising newbies Sleepy Hollow and The Blacklist each ended up shedding two more tenths week-to-week in finals.

The CW's latest Surrender Monday lived up to the billing with Hart of Dixie a tick below its late-season level and Beauty and the Beast shedding two tenths in its first ep without a Vampire Diaries lead-in. They went 22% behind the already pathetic 90210/Gossip Girl lineup of a year ago (each show averaged a 0.45 using the half-hour breakdowns consulted in the Ty2y stat). Might some unlucky newbie end up inheriting the BatB slot at midseason?

FULL TABLE:

Info

Show

Timeslot

True

A18-49

Skew

Last

LeLa

Rank

y2y

TLa

Ty2y

Dancing with the Stars Mon

2.0

20%

+0%

+0.0

n/a

3/4

-5%

+0%

-6%

2.1

Castle

1.9

23%

-14%

-0.3

+0.0

3/3

+0%

-14%

-14%

1.9

ABC:

-5%

-9%

How I Met Your Mother

3.0

51%

-3%

-0.1

n/a

3/3

-9%

-3%

-3%

3.0

We Are Men

1.8

42%

-10%

-0.2

-0.1

2/2

n/a

-10%

-5%

1.7

2 Broke Girls

2.3

40%

-4%

-0.1

-0.2

3/3

-34%

-4%

-32%

2.4

Mom

2.1

39%

-5%

-0.1

-0.1

3/3

n/a

-5%

-25%

2.2

Hostages

1.2

29%

-20%

-0.3

-0.1

3/3

n/a

-20%

-37%

1.2

CBS:

-9%

-23%

The Voice Mon

4.6

40%

-2%

-0.1

n/a

3/3

+0%

-2%

-5%

4.6

The Blacklist

3.1

35%

-6%

-0.2

-0.1

3/3

n/a

-6%

+3%

2.6

NBC:

-3%

-3%

Bones

2.1

37%

-5%

-0.1

n/a

3/4

+0%

-5%

+5%

2.2

Sleepy Hollow

2.8

45%

-7%

-0.2

-0.1

4/4

n/a

-7%

+211%

3.0

Fox:

-6%

+69%

Hart of Dixie

0.4

49%

n/a

n/a

n/a

1/1

-43%

+33%

-11%

0.4

Beauty and the Beast

0.3

44%

n/a

n/a

n/a

1/1

-75%

+0%

-33%

0.3

CW:

+17%

-22%

Big5:

-5%

+0%

KEY (click to expand)

A18-49 - Adults 18-49 rating. Percentage of US TV-owning adults 18-49 watching the program.Skew - Percentage of adults 18-49 within the show's total viewership.Last - A18-49 difference (percent and numerical) from the show's previous episode.LeLa - A18-49 difference between the show's lead-in and its lead-in for the previous episode.Rank - The A18-49 rating's rank among the show's episodes so far this season.y2y - Percent difference between A18-49 and the show's rating a year ago.TLa - Percent difference between A18-49 and the network's rating in the timeslot one week ago.Ty2y - Percent difference between A18-49 and the network's rating in the timeslot one year ago.True - A metric that adjusts the A18-49 rating for overall viewing levels, competition and lead-in. PRELIMINARY CALCULATION. For finals, see SpotVault.